Our Classes – Page 43 – St Adrian's Catholic Primary School

Reception – Bonfire night

04.11.2022

Hello everyone,
I really hope that you had a lovely half term week.
We are now into Autumn 2 term and the children are all settled in, knowing our daily routines, rules and expectations. They were so excited to tell us all about their holidays and the different places they went.

This week it was a firework one! We talked about fireworks, watched some videos and discussed safety. We made fireworks with pipe cleaners, with runny glue and glitter, drew them on a colored paper. Lot’s of fun!

Little Wandle

This week we introduced 3 new digraphs:
ss, ff and ll and also learned a new phoneme

We are very excited to let you know that we’ve been reading books for a very first time. It is a very challenging experience for all of us, but all we need to do is keep on trying and never giving up!
Please check your child’s book bag for a reading book and a letter explaining how to successfully support your child at home. Please do not hesitate to contact me in case you have any concerns.
Would be lovely to see your comments in your child’s reading record, as this would really help us plan further and be aware of any support that is needed.

Maths
In Maths this week we

This week, the children continued to engage with activities that underline the purpose of counting – to find out ‘how many’ objects there are altogether. They reinforced their understanding of cardinality – that the last number in the count tells us ‘how many’ things there are altogether in a set of objects.

A key focus this week was deepening children’s understanding of 5 as a quantity by linking the number itself to the 5 fingers on one hand. The children were also exploring ways to represent numbers to 5 using both their hands.

Have a fantastic weekend!
Mrs Solakova

Nursery – 04.11.2022

What a busy week we have had in nursery! This week we looked at the story ‘Pumpkin Soup’ by Helen Cooper which tells the tale of three friends who live together and make pumpkin soup. The cat, the duck and the squirrel each have different job to do in order to make the soup delicious but one day the duck decides he would like to do something different.

We had pumpkins in Nursery this week, the children observed as the pumpkins were opened and then had a feel of what was inside! The children had the opportunity to explore the pumpkin independently during learning through play. The children also had an area where they could make their own pumpkin soup – yummy!

We went into the hall to do some yoga, it was a bit tricky but we managed to copy all of the yoga moves.

Winter Warmer Wednesday!

On Wednesday we had our first Winter Warmer Wednesday! For snack we had hot chocolate and a biscuit – it was lovely to sit round the table and have a chat!

The children have been getting use to playing in other areas of the Nursery including the outside idea!

Please remember to bring in any Baptism photos you may have at home – it would be lovely if the children could share them with us.

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Taylor

Year 3 Scientists

Year 3 have been conducting science experiments, testing the strengths of different magnets. The children tested the strength by seeing how many paperclips the magnet could hold. Here are some photos of what they got up to.

Welcome to a new half-term and to November!

It is always good to wlecome the children safely back to school following the half-term break and as we begin the second half of the term, we also begin new topics across our curriculum.

Our English work for this half-term follows the theme of evolution and inheritence and we begin sharing the books, The Promise by Nicola Davies and Beetle Boy by M G Leonard. In maths, we are applying our arithmetic skills to fractions. In RE, we learn what it means to show commitment and especially the vocation of the priesthood. Science brings us to the study of living things and their habitats, whilst in Geography, we are learning about the challenges of the world’s growing population. We begin our design and technology for the year, employing our sewing and textile skills to make our own hanging Christmas decoration. Our learning in computing gives us the chance to combine our love of books and our web design skills to author our own websites using Google Sites. In music, we are looking forward to Christmas performances and to learning about jazz, whilst in PE, we hone our football and gymnastic skills.

We have a busy time ahead and I am looking forward to sharing our learning across the term with you.

Year 2 explore structures

This week, we have been learning about structures. Our first job was to find and name natural and manmade structures in our outdoor playground and then we had great fun exploring different construction materials to find out what makes a stable structure.

Reception – Harvest

21.10.22

Can you believe that the children have been in Reception for half a term? It has been very challenging, but also fun, engaging and full of wonderful memories! I would like to thank you all for helping us with smooth transition and supporting us in all we do!

This week it was a good one…. with lot’s of new experiences! We really cracked on with our practise for the Harvest assembly and were very busy collecting leaves for a beautiful Autumn crowns. And then we performed our song in front of so many people. Well done! And guess what…. we even stayed for the whole assembly, listening to all the wonderful songs.
I big thank you for your generous donations!

We also get to practise tennis and a real professional tennis player came to our school showing us how to properly hold the tennis racket and how to balance and dribble the ball.

Please make sure you rest well and have plenty of fun during half term.
In case you are stuck for ideas you can visit this lovely website. There you will find plenty of suggestions for how to have fun and learn at the same time.

https://hertfordshire.50thingstodo.org/app/os#!50thingstodobefore5/welcome

Can’t wait to hear all about the things you did. Don’t forget that you can also use Tapestry to share and record your your wonderful experiences!

Have a fantastic half term!
Mrs Solakova

Nursery – 21.10.2022

Harvest

This week the nursery children went to an assembly for the first time – the Harvest Festival assembly! The children have been rehearsing their song ‘Crunching Through the Leaves’ for the past couple of weeks and they did a fabulous job standing and singing on the stage in front of a very large audience. Well done Nursery.

On Tuesday we went out onto the field to collect leaves to make crowns and on Wednesday we had fun using lots of glue to make the leaves stick!

Winter Warmer Wednesday

Now that it’s starting to turn a bit colder we think we deserve something nice to warm us up! So each Wednesday between now and February half term the children will be able to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate and a biscuit on a Wednesday as part of their snack. Delicious!

After half term PE will be on Monday mornings and Wednesday afternoons!

We will also be thinking about Baptism in RE – if you have any baptism family photos please bring them in to share.

The children have worked really hard this half term and I hope you have a lovely break. Please don’t forget to post what you get up to on Tapestry and fill out those magic moments!

Miss Taylor

News from Year 1 – happy harvest!

And just like that, it’s the half term! What a busy week we’ve had to finish off the half term.

We also started our new book, Send for a Superhero! by Michael Rosen, a very funny superhero adventure in an exciting blend of picture book and comic book storytelling. We have been describing the villains, Filth and Vacuum and predicting what might happen next in the story. If you would like to share this story at home, have a watch below:

We also performed our class song, Big Red Combine Harvester, at the Harvest assembly this week. Even though we were a little nervous at first, we really enjoyed sharing our hard work with the rest of the school.

We also enjoyed having a tennis session with Mr Curry from Batchwood tennis club. We learnt lots of tricks with the rackets to improve our hand/eye coordination and got used to handling the tennis balls too.

Have a lovely half term and a well earned rest,

Miss Battams 🙂

Reception – Busy writing!

14.10.2022

Hello children and parents!
It’s been another busy week… we were practising our Harvest song, getting ready for next Thursday and can’t wait to see you all in the morning. Please note that the time has now changed and the assembly will take place at 9:15am.
We also planted some hyacinths and daffodils and are taking a good care of them… fingers crossed that they will grow in spring.

We learned 4 new graphemes:

Please spend some time with your children practising our new graphemes. Make sure you check their school bag for a new tricky word book. In the book you will find the first three tricky words that we’ve learned.

We also began to do our first spelling words. We learned how to use our segmenting fingers and segmented CVC words. The children then had to write these words on their boards. We experimented writing on different surfaces like sand, mud, boards…. great writing Reception. Have a look at how we spelled Sam from our favourite story!

In Maths this week the children were encouraged to represent quantities in different ways by using a number of fingers on one hand. So for example four can be 3 and 1, but can also be 2 and 2. We also played a fun bingo game.

Finally, it’s been a pleasure to see all of you yesterday. Thank you for your positive comments and all the support. Please look for your activation Tapestry email!
Can’t wait to see all the fantastic home learning!!!

Reminders:
Harvest Assembly – Thursday 20th of October at 9:15am
Friday Inset Day

Have an amazing weekend!
Looking forward seeing you all on Monday!
Mrs Solakova

The First Drawing – English

This week in English, we have started our new book The First Drawing by Mordicai Gerstein. This book links to our history unit Prehistoric Britain. The children wrote wonderful diary entries. Today we worked on exclamatory and interrogative questions. Here are some examples of children’s work.